<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">SignWriting List<div class="">April 28, 2015</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dear SignWriting List -</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">SignWriting is alive and well around the world. So let’s share our projects! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is fun to present in Google Hangouts, streaming live on YouTube.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The information is valuable for all of us, and imagine this….YOUR work can inspire others ...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So let’s take this opportunity to share SignWriting projects together, July 21-24 live online, or just through documents, videos and other web and online presentations….It is flexible.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">By May 4th, I need to hear from you, if you wish to present a paper, either Live Online, or just in written or videotaped materials…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please write to the SignWriting List, or to me personally, to give us the Titles of your presentations and also which Category?:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">SignWriting in Education</div><div class="">SignWriting in Literature</div><div class="">SignWriting in Research</div><div class="">SignWriting in Software</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Privately, I will need your address associated with the project. If you have questions, no problem - just write -</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Once I receive the Titles of your presentations, I will give you more information about how to proceed… You can submit as many Titles as you wish…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please provide the full names of those who will be sharing the presentation with you - and any email addresses for communication.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Look forward to hearing from you!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Valerie Sutton</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" class="">sutton@signwriting.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015/Call_For_Papers.html" class="">http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015/Call_For_Papers.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><table width="535" border="2" align="center" bordercolor="#6699FF" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(153, 204, 153);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="523" valign="top" bordercolor="#99CCCC" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><div align="center" class=""><br class=""><table width="89%" height="60" border="0" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="14%" height="44" align="center" valign="middle" class=""><div align="center" class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014/Presentation_Titles_by_Author.html" title="Information" target="_self" class=""><img src="http://www.signwriting.org/library/history/contributors/images/arrow2.gif" alt="Titles" width="30" height="18" border="0" align="middle" class=""></a><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0000.html" title="Welcome Introduction" target="_self" class=""><br class=""></a><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014/Presentation_Titles_by_Author.html" title="Titles" target="_self" class=""><font color="#00CC33" size="-2" face="Arial" class=""><strong class="">Titles<br class="">2014</strong></font></a></div></td><td width="72%" align="center" valign="top" class=""><div align="center" class=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="5" class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015" title="SignWriting Symposium 2015" target="_self" class=""><font color="#00CC33" size="4" class=""><strong class="">SignWriting Symposium 2015</strong></font></a></font><font color="#00CC33" size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""><font color="#00CC33" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><font color="#00CC33" size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><font color="#00CC33" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><font color="#0099CC" size="3" class=""><strong class="">CALL FOR PAPERS</strong></font></font></font></font></font></div></td><td width="14%" align="center" valign="middle" class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014" title="Home" target="_self" class=""><img src="http://www.signwriting.org/library/history/contributors/images/arrow1.gif" alt="Home" width="30" height="18" border="0" class=""></a><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014/Presentation_Titles_by_Author.html" title="Titles" target="_self" class=""><br class=""></a><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014" title="Home" target="_self" class=""><font color="#00CC33" size="-2" face="Arial" class=""><strong class="">Home<br class="">2014</strong></font></a><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014/Presentation_Titles_by_Author.html" target="_self" class=""></a></td></tr></tbody></table><b class=""></b><div align="center" class=""><table width="458" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1" bordercolor="#99CC99" class=""><caption align="TOP" class=""> </caption><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="TOP" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class=""><font color="#00CC33" size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><b class=""><font size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="a" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b class=""><strong class="">SignWriting Symposium 2015</strong></b></font><br class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015/Call_For_Papers.html#SWS-2015" title="SignWriting Symposium 2015" target="_self" class="c" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="b" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">CALL FOR PAPERS!</span></a></b></font></p><p class=""><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font><font color="#00CC33" size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><b class=""><strong class=""><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015/Call_For_Papers.html#SWS-2015" target="_self" class=""><img src="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/images/SignWriting_Symposium_2015_Logo_1.jpg" alt="Call for Papers!" width="360" height="360" border="0" class=""></a></font></strong></b></font></p><p class=""><font color="#00CC33" size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><b class=""><strong class=""><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" class="">LIVE ONLINE July 21-24, 2015<br class=""><span class="b" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><b class=""><font size="-1" face="Arial" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class="">Abstracts & Papers, Slide & Video Presentations on</font></b></span></font><span class="b" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><br class=""><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" class=""><b class=""><font size="-1" face="Arial" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class="">SignWriting in Education, Literature, Software & Research</font></b></font></span></strong></b></font></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="432" valign="TOP" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><div align="center" class=""><center class=""><div align="justify" class=""><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="">The purpose of the <strong class="">SignWriting Symposium Online</strong> is to bring people together to share SignWriting projects, not only during the Live Presentation July 21-24, 2015, but also in a Symposium Web Archive that will remain on the web for furture generations.</font></div></center></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td valign="TOP" bgcolor="#0099FF" class=""><div align="center" class=""><font color="#0066CC" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><b class=""><a name="SWS-2015" id="SWS-2015" class=""></a></b></font></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#99CC99" class=""><td align="left" valign="TOP" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p align="justify" class=""><strong class=""><br class="">2015 CALL FOR PAPERS</strong></p><p align="justify" class="">Submit Abstract Title & Category by May 4th, 2015<br class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015/Call_For_Papers.html#Abstracts2015" title="Abstracts 2015" target="_self" class="">Submit One-Page Abstract</a> by June 8, 2015<br class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015/Call_For_Papers.html#Presentations2015" title="Presentations 2015" target="_self" class="">Submit Presentation</a> by July 6, 2015<br class="">Online live presentation: July 21-24, 2015</p><p align="justify" class="">There are no limits to the amount of presentations one author can submit. Feel free to submit as many as you wish.</p><p align="justify" class="">Because we can only present a few hours each day online during the four days of the Symposium on July 21-24, we do not know how many of your presentations can be accepted as online presentations. If there is not enough time to present all of your submissions, it is still good to submit them to us. We can talk about which presentations are more important to you, if a choice has to be made, but still present your other presentations on a web page, so they will still get exposure and remain on the web. Your work is valuable to all SignWriting users and will become web pages no matter what, with or without live presentations.<br class=""><a name="Abstracts2015" class=""></a></p><hr class=""><strong class=""><br class="">ABSTRACTS</strong><p align="justify" class="">1. One-Page Abstract deadline: June 8, 2015</p><p align="justify" class="">2. Write an abstract that describes your presentation in one page or less.</p><p align="justify" class="">3. At the top of your abstract, please state:</p><p align="justify" class="">a. TITLE of presentation<br class="">b. AUTHORS<br class="">c. AFFILIATIONS of authors (if no affiliations, leave blank)<br class="">d. CONTACT INFO (email, web, affiliation address, country)<br class="">e. LANGUAGES used in presentation, both sign and spoken languages (can be presented in multiple languages)<br class="">f. STATE A CATEGORY that best fits your submission:</p><p align="justify" class="">• SignWriting in Education<br class="">• SignWriting in Literature<br class="">• SignWriting in Software<br class="">• SignWriting in Research<br class=""></p><p class="">4. Send your Abstract to both these email addresses:</p><p class=""><a href="mailto:symposium@signwriting.org" target="_self" class="">symposium@signwriting.org</a></p><p class="">and</p><p class=""><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" target="_self" class="">sutton@signwriting.org</a><br class=""></p><p class="">5. Acceptance notices will be sent after your Abstract is received and reviewed.</p><p class="">6. Abstracts will be posted on a SWS-2015 web page.<br class=""><a name="Presentations2015" class=""></a></p><hr class=""><p class=""><strong class=""><br class="">PRESENTATIONS</strong></p><p align="justify" class="">1. Presentations deadline: July 6, 2015</p><p align="justify" class="">2. Your presentation can be ANY length you choose, just as long as it is about SignWriting.</p><p align="justify" class="">3. There are three Presentation Venues: written papers, slide presentations and video presentations.</p><p class="">a. Written Papers accepted in the following formats:<br class="">• .pdf<br class="">• .doc<br class="">• .docx<br class="">• .txt<br class="">• .rtf<br class="">• .rtfd</p><p class="">b. Slide Presentations accepted in the following programs:<br class="">• PowerPoint<br class="">• Keynote</p><p class="">c. Video Presentations accepted in the following formats:<br class="">• .mov<br class="">• .avi<br class="">• .wmv<br class="">• Flash<br class="">• WebM<br class="">• MPEG-4</p><p align="justify" class="">4. Software demonstrations through download links can also accompany any of the above three venues.</p><p align="justify" class="">5. You can present in one, two or all of the above three venues.<br class=""></p><hr class=""><p class=""><strong class=""><br class="">SYMPOSIUM LIVE ONLINE</strong></p><p align="justify" class="">You are welcome to join us live on the Symposium dates: July 21-24, 2015, on the web.</p><p align="justify" class="">We will provide a schedule of online events, and information on how to use the software to present online, if you wish to participate live on the web. But there are no requirements to present live. Your written papers, slide presentations and video presentations will represent your work, with or without your live participation.</p><p align="justify" class="">Before the presentation deadline, we will announce how to post your presentations on the web directly.</p><p align="justify" class="">We look forward to reading and viewing your work with SignWriting, and to possibly meet you in July 2015, online or in person...<br class=""></p><p class=""><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" target="_self" class="">Valerie Sutton</a><br class="">SWS-2015 Chair</p><p class=""><a href="mailto:slevinski@signwriting.org" target="_self" class="">Steve Slevinski</a><br class="">SWS-2015 Chair</p><p class=""><a href="mailto:frost@signwriting.org" target="_self" class="">Adam Frost</a><br class="">SWS-2015 Chair</p><p class=""><a href="http://www.aslgospel.org/" target="_self" class="">Nancy Romero</a><br class="">SWS-2015 Chair</p><p class=""><strong class="">SignWriting Symposium Submissions</strong><br class=""><a href="mailto:symposium@signwriting.org" target="_self" class="">symposium@signwriting.org</a></p><p class=""><strong class="">SignWriting Symposium 2014 Web Page</strong><br class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014" title="SignWriting Symposium 2014" target="_self" class="">http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014</a></p><p class=""><strong class="">SignWriting Symposium 2015 Web Page</strong><br class=""><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015" title="SignWriting Symposium 2015" target="_self" class="">http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015</a></p><p class=""><strong class="">SignWriting Symposium on Facebook</strong><br class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/signwritingmeetup" title="SignWriting Symposium on Facebook" target="_self" class="">https://www.facebook.com/signwritingmeetup</a></p><div align="center" class=""></div><div align="center" class=""></div><div align="center" class=""></div><div align="center" class=""></div><div align="center" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br class=""></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>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